Staten Island's Budos Band to play free show

Photo courtesy of Daptone RecordsBudos Band plays a free show with Bettye LaVette on July 24 at Central Park's SummerStage.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Budos Band continues to do its thing.

Staten Island's Afro-funksters, who play a free show with versatile soul sister Bettye LaVette on July 24, have a new EP featuring the usual goods: Sliding bass, agile, layered horns and a beat you can't stop.

Budos opens the show at at 7 p.m. July 24 at Central Park's SummerStage, near the entrance at 69th Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan; SummerStage.org.